Project Manager – Fast Growing Charity with Great Leadership Development Opportunities

Come and work in a growing organisation which supports young people with life changing opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

The Charity

Generating Genius connects students from BAME and disadvantaged backgrounds with top businesses in STEM and universities through our Uni Genius and Alumni Genius programmes.

We offer great leadership opportunities and flexible working arrangements for you to take the initiative and run a successful programme.

The Position

We’re looking for a highly motivated project manager with excellent organisational and interpersonal skills to run the Uni Genius programmes.

Current Uni Genius Programmes are:

1.Work experience programmes (350-400 students per year participate from Uni Genius at different times during the year)

2. University Preparation and Access Programmes

3. Corporate Mentoring Programmes

4. Corporates Insight Days

Annual Rate: £30,000-£33,000

Location: Can be based in London, Birmingham, Manchester or Leeds (travel to London 2 days per month from January 2021)

Job Type: Long term contract

Earliest Start Date: September 2020

Security Clearance: DBS Clearance and references will be required

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Managing the existing Uni Genius Programmes
• Creating new Uni Genius programmes
• Adjusting the existing Uni Genius programmes where necessary
• Organising work experience programmes
• Run a rolling student recruitment campaign
• Planning STEM activities to be delivered by 3rd parties for students
• Liaising with universities to deliver academic sessions and organise residential visits
• Organising and attending events with students
• Representing the organisation with companies, schools, colleges, universities, teachers and parents
• Ensure compliance with all necessary health and safety legislation for every event.

Essential skills and experience:

• Ability to manage multiple tasks
• Previous event planning and programme management experience
• Partnership building experience
• Proposal writing and fundraising experience
• Problem solving and critical thinking
• 2 years previous experience of project management
• Rapport building
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

This role is 4days/30hours per week (8-12months) on a salary of £30,000 pro rata.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust and manage the delivery of a £1.25m prestigious project funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the restoration and education of the Severn Valley Railway’s Falling Sands Viaduct, situated in Kidderminster. 

As project delivery manager you will have project management experience, with particularly excellent skills in prioritising workload, keeping to budgets and managing people. Experience of planning, organising and evaluating local events, ideally within the heritage sector or the local community. Confidence to hit the ground running, picking up the reins on work that has already started. Knowledge and involvement of delivering a NLHF funded project, or similar.The ability to report to a range of people and organisations based on their requirements, both verbally and in written reports. Experience in talking to a range of people, including presenting to groups. A real interest in heritage and a passion for helping people share and learn about the past. 

To apply please provide a CV and also a covering letter which outlines your skills specifically in relation to the job description. Interviews will take place on Wednesday 21st October.

Changing Our Lives is a rights based organisation that works in coproduction with disabled people and people with experience of mental health difficulties, finding solutions that enable them to lead ordinary lives that many of us take for granted. We are looking for a passionate individual commited to people's rights. You will be practical and very organised, a 'people person' able to communicate with a range of people including young people, adults and professsionals. You will be working in a fast paced environment across a range of projects, so you will need to be comfortable with change as people often start with one idea and it naturally evolves and changes. You will be working across the West Midlands, with occassional work in other areas of England. This is a position in which we will support an individual with less experience who is enthusiastic, a hard worker and willing to learn. The position is 20 hours per week, although we would consider less hours for the right candidate. The minimum requirement is 3 years working with disabled people, people with mental health difficulties or other people who have been disadvantaged. 

Project Officer, Midlands and East

£24,691 per annum

(Ref:  SUS2997)

2 vacancies - 37.5 hours per week - contract to 31 July 2021

based in Birmingham

Part time and job share/job split will be considered

These exciting roles are part of a small team delivering a range of activities promoting walking and cycling in the Birmingham area. This could be planning and delivering online community workshops about Low Traffic Neighbourhoods or Air Quality, to leading rides and walks in local neighbourhoods. At times you will be working as the sole project officer and on bigger projects, collaborating as part of a team. Developing understanding of, and working with, the diverse range of communities will be key, amplifying lesser heard voices to enable everyone to experience the city and move freely.

With a good standard of education, you will have experience of delivering workshops and physical activity or behaviour change projects in schools, workplaces or communities. You will be good at effectively engaging with people in different communities and different settings, motivating and enthusing others. You need to be IT literate and be able to plan and prioritise your own work. Commitment to the promotion of sustainable transport is important as is understanding the health benefits of active travel and improving air quality. Employment will be conditional on clearance by an Enhanced DBS Disclosure check.

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on Thursday 1 October 2020. Interviews will take place via MS Teams or Zoom on Friday 9 October 2020.

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion.  We welcome applications from people with the appropriate skills from all parts of the community.

About us

Changing Our Lives is a rights based organisation that works in coproduction with disabled people and people with experience of mental health difficulties, finding solutions that enable them to lead ordinary lives that many of us take for granted.

Person specification

We are looking for an experienced individual, who is passionate about the rights of disabled people and people with experience of mental health difficulties. You will not be afraid to challenge but equally you will be able to develop strong relationships which can be drawn on to bring about change for individuals as well as strategic change.

What you will do

You will be working in a fast paced environment across a range of coproduced projects so you will need to be comfortable with change as often people start with one idea and it naturally develops and evolves. You will be comfortable working in the community, with local people enabling them to lead projects and equally as comfortable talking to senior figures, negotiating change. You will be working across the West Midlands, with occassional work in other areas of England. 

This is a part time post of 20 hours. However, for the right candidate we would consider less hours to suit their personal circumstances.

Social Enterprise Manager

Salary £40k per annum

35 hours per week average (flexible)

25 days A/L + contributory pension scheme

Prior to lockdown the Settlement reviewed its strategic aims for the medium and long term; the outcome included a commitment to several new and exciting developments including a new Wellbeing Centre by Edgbaston Reservoir and a large Youth/Community Centre in Kingstanding. Despite Covid-19 we are now delivering on those commitments and have entered a period of significant growth; as part of that growth we are looking to appoint an energetic and committed Social Enterprise Manager to help us continue to build and deliver our vision for the future.

This is a new role leading in the development of the Settlement’s core assets – building partnerships and programmes to grow earned and funded income. To be successful, you will have a proven track record in developing new and growing existing services – maximising both people and physical resources. You will work across all Settlement service areas ensuring our people have the knowledge and skills they need to achieve their goals, creating opportunities for individuals to grow and influence the services they want and need.

You will have excellent leadership qualities with ability to motivate and inspire to get the best out of people and as part of the Settlement’s leadership team, you will play a key role in supporting the sustainability of the charity with the development and implementation of longer term strategic plans. This is a very busy, but rewarding, hands on front facing role that cuts across all aspects of the charity.

No agencies please.

Closing date: noon on Monday 5th October 2020

Interviews:  Tuesday 13th October 2020

Birmingham Settlement is committed to Equality of Opportunity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Registered charity number 517303

Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.

This role has the responsibility to develop network-wide financial reporting, modelling and costings for the Citizens Advice local offices to support organisation-wide planning and decision making. You will work closely with colleagues across the finance and transformation teams as well as the network to implement best practice and support the delivery of organisational and service priorities. Advanced Excel skills and some coding experience essential.

Please note, in the event of a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the application early. 

The National Citizens Advice Operates from offices in England and Wales, with 5 regional offices based in Cardiff, London, Birmingham, Leeds, and Liverpool, therefore all successful applicants must be based within England or Wales.

Maternity Leave - 9 Months - Community Development Worker - 20 Hours P/W

The Active Wellbeing Society (TAWS) is a community benefit society and cooperative working to develop healthy, happy communities living active and connected lives.

Our vision is for a society where people have the autonomy, capacity, resources and skills to become the architects of their own destiny; where our individual wellbeing is recognised as being bound up in our collective responsibility to and dependency on each other; and where all of us feel empowered as agents of social change to make a difference – whether at an individual level or more widely.

By working collaboratively with communities we aim to bring about sustainable change on an social, environmental and economic level; to do the social knitting required to create stronger and more resilient communities and to support communities to identify, mitigate and remove the barriers that prevent them from living active and connected lives.

You will be responsible in supporting the Activity Manager for Communities and Placemaking, for the operational planning and delivery of community based interventions that focus on community development, tactical urbanism and placemaking that ensure wellbeing outcomes for our target audience and places that support people and communities to be physically active, in an Active Environment working with communities.

Main Responsibilities:

• Work with communities, and system authorities and with positive disruption to gain support for and implement ways to help those who have the greatest barriers to community participation and to establish sustainable community models/structures for community level agency
• Understand and use asset-based community development approaches to community development and work with communities to understand priorities and co-design initiatives. This should also include working ‘with’ not ‘doing to’ communities and community organisations.
• Design and deliver a coherent delivery plan. This would include designing and delivering innovative ways to engage those with the greatest barriers to participation, including digital engagement
• Ensure plans and approach are linked to and influencing system change through system leadership at community level
• Proactive demonstration of innovation, leadership and delivery in field of work
• Work in partnership and collaboration with wider stakeholders, community group/organisation and activists and influence these.
• Project manage contracts including making recommendations for necessary decisions. This may include some direct or indirect budget management.
• Act to encourage develop and shape a community who engage in decision making, participate in activism toward locally co-designed plans to aid wellbeing
• Monitor and evaluation – To carry out effective performance monitoring of all activity working with the Knowledge and Insight team.
• Ensure the compliance with data capture systems and processes
• Teamwork -To work within the team and the wider organisation to support the values of the organisation and to ensure that citizens are central to the work that is been delivered.

Business Skills:

• Demonstrates an analytical and methodical approach to problem solving.
• Takes initiative in identifying and negotiating appropriate personal development opportunities.
• Absorbs and applies technical information.
• Has a thorough understanding of their role and how it relates to other roles and to the business of the employer

Complexity:

• Has defined areas of responsibility.
• Due to experience gained may provide guidance to more junior or less experienced staff.
• May produce non-standard letters or reports.
• May be responsible for a defined part of a project, small internal business project or a new process.
• Uses discretion in identifying and resolving complex problems.
• Performs a broad range of work, sometimes complex and non-routine, in a variety of environments.

Autonomy:

• Accountable for delivering assigned tasks within broader projects.
• Operate as a competent professional with minimum supervision.
• Has limited decision-making scope on how tasks are to be fulfilled.

Benefits:

• Bring your own device - £20 towards your phone bill monthly.
• Health Shield – discounted health benefit against eye examinations/prescriptions.
• +Plus EAP (counseling and DRs on call 24hrs a day)
• Death in Service – 4 times your salary paid to beneficiary.
• Nest Pension – 8% paid by TAWS 3 % paid by employee.
• Annual Leave – 25-29 days AL plus 5 wellbeing days
• Flexible working.

Home based with the potential to do some face-to-face activity post COVID-19

This is an exciting time to join Shaw Trust, to help us in this mission we are looking to expand our employability services within Shaw Trust and looking for Continuous Improvement Officers to join us.

The Shaw Trust, in tandem with government and the broader employment support community across the UK is working hard to make sure we support as many individuals as possible to get and keep a job. We believe that everyone who needs help and support to attain their employment goals should be able to access it as soon as possible and that support should reflect their individual needs.

Reporting directly to Quality and Continuous Improvement Manager. For this post holder the primary focus of the role is to ensure the continuous improvement of employability contract delivery including the achievement of outcomes and correct use of processes and systems in order to ensure full quality compliance with contractual obligations.

The secondary focus of the role is the optimisation of the beneficiary experience and service delivery within designated contracts and their supply chains to ensure a high quality experience at all times.

Shaw Trust operates on a national level with over 2,000 staff and 1,000 volunteers. We work with the government, local authorities, combined authorities, health service providers, employers, and other stakeholders – including the Education and Skills Funding Agency, Department for Work and Pensions, clinical commissioning groups and NHS Trusts.

The ideal candidate must have an understanding of the local and regional labour market and employment issues within one of two geographical areas – Central England and Home Counties and able to maintain an up-to-date working knowledge of the benefit system and entitlements.

The ideal candidate will need to be inclusive and embrace our culture and values, putting those we support at the heart of everything we do. You will consistently deliver high quality services to support our communities and beneficiaries.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Enhanced Pension Scheme after 6 months
• Life Assurance x 3 of your salary
• Enhanced annual leave

Shaw Trust is committed to a policy of equality of opportunity and inclusion. We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme. Living our values we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived-experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion. If you have accessibility requirements and would like information in a different format, contact HR Services to make alternative arrangements.

The Diocese of Coventry is seeking to appoint a full time Director of New Worshipping Communities to help the Diocese deliver its ambitions for a culture change in making and growing new Disciples, and in developing a more mission focussed approach to the planning and deployment of Resources. This post reports to the Archdeacon Missioner and is based in Coventry.

The main responsibilities are:

• Lead the New Congregations programme with particular responsibility for developing new congregations across the diocese through the establishment of resource hubs, church plants and grafts, and fresh expressions of church.
• Deliver the Programme Communications and Engagement Strategy by assessing the influences, interests and attitudes of the key stakeholders and align the communication and engagement plan accordingly.
• Envision, mobilise and facilitate local churches to actively engage with the Growth Strategy and to develop context sensitive expressions of church, using deanery, area and diocesan and external expertise to enable maximum impact. 

The successful applicant will be educated to Degree level or equivalent, have a proven track record in project/programme management, experience of enabling change in organisations, be highly organised and have good IT skills, particularly MS Office.

A demonstrable understanding and commitment to the Mission of the Church of England, being called to proclaim afresh the Christian Faith in each generation is essential. It is therefore an Occupational Requirement (Schedule 9 part 1 of the Equality Act 2010) of this post to have a committed Christian faith. 

The Diocese of Coventry is committed to creating and sustaining a diverse and inclusive workforce which represents all aspects of the communities we are part of and welcomes all applications.  Applications are particularly welcome from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, who are currently under-represented within our workforce.

For an informal discussion, please contact The Ven. Barry Dugmore

To apply for this role, please complete the application form and a covering letter addressing the following questions:

• Please indicate tasks undertaken for the wider Church, e.g. synodical responsibilities at any level, diocesan committees and working parties served on, ecumenical involvement, or work for a Church voluntary organisation, and how you contributed to progressing their agendas.
• What theological traditions have shaped your ministry and with which do you feel most at ease today?

Full job description and Person Specification are available from the Coventry Diocesan Website vacancy page.

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 21st October 2020

Interviews will take place at the Diocesan office: Wednesday 11th November 2020

We’re looking for someone who is gifted at developing and deepening relationships with these churches and their leaders. You need to be someone who wants to grow their involvement with CPAS’ ministry and also be able to grow financial support for CPAS within this important group of supporters.

We’re looking for someone who can build on our existing relationships, foundations and links and establish new ones in order to grow the number of people reached through our ministry and to help increase both regular and one-off donations to CPAS enabling us to support our work in line with our refreshed vision and strategy.

The Refugee and Migrant Centre (RMC) is an established and vibrant charity working with new communities in the Black Country and Birmingham. We are seeking a Resettlement Manager to manage our resettlement programmes in Wolverhampton and Walsall. 

About the role

The aim of this role will be to manage and work as part of a team to enable and empower newly arrived often vulnerable refugees to settle into their new communities with confidence.

As a Resettlement Manager you will have responsibility for the service delivery, monitoring and ensuring you are meeting funder targets. You shall provide a wraparound service to our clients across Wolverhampton, including services around housing, health, education and employment.

There would be a requirement to record and document contact using online systems, ensuring an evidence based practice model of working and seamless support delivery for our clients. As the manager you would be required to report and feedback on all findings, taking remedial action where required.

Purpose of post

• To manage a high quality holistic service to enable refugee families and/or individuals to sustain independence within their new communities.
• To develop and maintain effective partnerships with voluntary and statutory sector stakeholders to ensure the provision of appropriate services to newly arrived refugees.
• To undertake line management responsibilities as agreed with head of Services
• To record, monitor and evaluate all aspects of the programme and complete monitoring and feedback reports of outcomes for funders to a high standard.
• To train, develop and support staff and volunteers in all aspects of the service

Main duties and responsibilities

For service delivery

• To ensure the effective development, management, monitoring and delivery of the resettlement team and any additionally funded projects or posts which are developed in the region connected to this service.
• To devise and deliver a comprehensive action plan for welcoming the refugees from preparation prior to arrival and support for the first year and beyond. This includes but is not limited to:
• Checking suitability of properties with housing partner
• Welcoming families upon arrival at a UK airport
• Registering with GP’s, dentists and opticians; attending medical assessments and appointments; securing appropriate specialist medical care and liaising with different health services;
• Working with Social Services to ensure all special needs are addressed;
• Registering for Biometric Residence Cards and benefits, ensuring that refugees understand their financial rights and responsibilities;
• Providing on-going orientation to the UK – information, classes, workshops and visits by key statutory services;
• Registering and supporting children with local schools;
• Facilitating access to ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) classes for all newly-arrived adults;
• Sign-posting and assisting in training, education and employment to ensure long term independence;
• Organising trips and outings to places of interest and providing opportunities for social interaction.
• To provide holistic support around all areas of need including housing, welfare, employment, substance misuse, family reunion, health and social engagement.
• To lead on ensuring effective liaison and communication with RMC’s housing provider and other sub-contractors for the resettlement service in the region.
• To lead on casework management and provide direction and support to the resettlement team of staff and volunteers.
• To maintain and develop excellent working relationships with and between external stakeholders in order to improve the availability of mainstream and specialist services for newly arrived refugees.
• To plan the project’s services, ensuring appropriate liaison with colleagues, other RMC teams and external partners.
• To ensure the provision of high quality services that are responsive to the needs of clients and that meet internal and external quality standards
• To develop methods of receiving appropriate user and stakeholder feedback.
• To ensure that the project operates at all times within the principles of impartiality and confidentiality, and in accordance with RMC’s values, principles, policies and procedures.
• To ensure that the project has regular feedback on its services from users, refugee community organisations and other partners and, as necessary, to modify and improve services in the light of the feedback.
• To ensure that the service is delivered sensitively, in ways which respect the culture, personal history and situation of all its users.
• To provide written and oral reports as required.
• To have financial accountability for funding administered to the families.

Fixed term contract up to End Dec 2021

£24,000 pa

One post -  London and South East England

One post – West Midlands and South England

We are looking for 2 new team members – one within the West Midlands and South West of England, one within London and the South East region - who love working with people and communities to join our UK wide team of Community Network Developers.

This is a great opportunity for someone with strong relationship building skills, experience in developing and growing regional networks inspiring our network members to engage in our campaigns and do more in their communities all year round.

Eden Project Communities aim to improve the happiness and wellbeing of people across the UK by bringing communities together and inspiring them to make positive changes where they live. We are the people behind the Big Lunch – the UK’s annual get together for neighbours – which sees millions of people participating each year. We run a programme of UK-wide mass engagement campaigns and activities creating social capital on a mass scale as well as supporting and engaging thousands of community-minded people all across the UK as part of our Eden Project Communities Network.

As Community Network Developer you will be providing a vibrant calendar of events and activities offline and online for our network across your region, grow our network in your region – not only in scale but also in depth – and help us increase awareness of and participation in all aspects of the programme, including our Community Camps, online workshops and trainings, network events and The Big Lunch.

It will be part of your role to establish and develop strong relationships with people across our network, regional partners and the organisation as part of our peer to peer support structure. We see ourselves as a back-bone organisation offering structures, events and opportunities for our network members to connect, learn and inspire each other.

You’ll bring

• A minimum of 2 years’ experience is community development, campaigning or project management
• Strong track-record of successfully supporting and growing networks of people
• Experience in the community or charity sector (paid or voluntary)
• Strong relationship building and communication skills that create a welcoming and open space for people to connect, learn and grow together
• As a natural host, you’ll be familiar with setting up and running online and offline events that bring people together
• A passion for communities and a drive to create stronger and happier communities across the UK

Working for the Eden Project (Charity number 1093070), roles within the programme are funded by the National Lottery through The National Lottery Community Fund.  This is a fixed term contract to the end of December 2021 subject to funding. The post holder will be based from home within the region and will be required to travel across the territory, the UK and to the Eden Project in Cornwall for key events and meetings. You will be part of a team of Community Network Developers, supported by our England Network Team Leader.

The closing date for applications is Monday 19th October 2020.

We’re looking for someone who is gifted at developing and deepening relationships with supporters giving between £500 and £2,500 a year (including those giving through family trusts).  You need to be focused on growing financial support for CPAS, working with donors and trusts, (new and existing) and enjoy project work too such as leading on sourcing projects and pledges for the annual ‘Big Give’ fundraiser.

We’re looking for someone who can build on CPAS’ existing relationships, foundations and links in order to increase giving to CPAS, enabling us to both continue and expand our work in line with our refreshed vision and strategy.